Principal Infrastructure Engineering Lead – Rail & Maritime

Frankham Consultancy Group

Greater London

On-site

GBP 85,000 - 110,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Frankham Consultancy Group seeks a senior leader in Infrastructure Engineering to drive technical assurance, project performance, and strategic growth across rail, maritime, and related sectors. You will mentor engineers, oversee governance, and shape delivery across a broad portfolio with a focus on value, quality, and client satisfaction.

You will lead work-winning activity, manage risk and programmes, and ensure multidisciplinary design coordination aligns with CDM 2015 and Eurocodes.

Qualifications

Minimum 10 years of experience in a civil/structural engineering role, ideally within Rail or Maritime infrastructure projects.
Experience leading projects and teams with financial management.
Proven track record delivering projects on time and within budget.
Strong commercial awareness (profit & loss, budgeting, contract management) desirable.
Experience checking and approving designs and calculations.
Strong knowledge of Eurocodes and British Standards.
Experience coordinating multi-disciplinary design.
Working knowledge of structural analysis software such as Tekla Tedds, Tekla Structural Designer, S-frame 3D, Robot, SuperStress, Geo5, MIDAS, LUSAS.
Knowledge of CDM regulations.

Responsibilities

Technical Leadership – provide high‑level technical oversight across the project lifecycle and guide defect remediation and robust solutions.
Work Winning – prepare high‑quality tenders and proposals, ensuring alignment with capacity and strategy.
Client Development – build trusted relationships and promote services for new opportunities.
Project Oversight – manage performance, budgets, programmes, milestones, and risk.
Resource Management – allocate and oversee multi‑discipline teams across projects.
Commercial Awareness – support pricing, billing, and project viability.
Quality & Governance – ensure compliance with QA/QC, governance, and CDM principles.
Compliance & Standards – meet UK design codes, Eurocodes, and institutional guidelines.
Mentorship & Development – guide developing engineers toward Chartered status.
Innovation & Improvement – drive knowledge sharing and use of digital tools.
Marketing – contribute to case studies, bid content, and submissions.